that US 9 was the deadliest highway in Dutchess County, with 47 fatal accidents on the road in the 1994–2008 period. Police in the town of Poughkeepsie blamed it on the increasing commercialization of US 9 south of the city of Poughkeepsie. Suffixed routes US 9 has had 19 suffixed routes bearing 17 different designations. Most are still in place; however, nine have been removed or renumbered. All of the routes were assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York unless otherwise noted. NY 9A () is an alternate route of US 9 through Manhattan and Westchester County. NY 9B () is a spur in Clinton County linking US 9 in Chazy to US 11 in Rouses Point. It was assigned in the mid-1940s. The NY 9C designation has been used for two distinct highways: The first NY 9C was an alternate route assigned to what is now US 9 between Albany and Round Lake in the 1920s. It became part of US 9 in the 1930 renumbering. The second NY 9C was an alternate route of US 9 between Croton-on-Hudson and Peekskill, utilizing Mount Airy Road and Washington Street. The designation was eliminated in the early 1930s. NY 9D () is an alternate route of US 9 between the Bear Mountain Bridge and Wappingers Falls. NY 9E was a spur linking US 9 to NY 376 (near the Dutchess County Airport) in the vicinity of Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County. It was assigned and removed . The route, named New Hackensack Road, is now designated as County Route 104 by Dutchess County. NY 9F was an alternate route of US 9 between Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park in Dutchess County. It became part of NY 9G . NY 9G () is an alternate route of US 9 from Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, to Hudson, Columbia County. NY 9H () is an easterly alternate to US 9 between Bell Pond and Valatie. It was assigned . NY 9J () is an alternate route of US 9 from Columbiaville to Rensselaer. NY 9J follows a more westerly alignment than US 9 to serve a series of communities along the Hudson River. NY 9K was an alternate route of US 9 between Saratoga Springs and Lake George. It was supplanted by an extended NY 9N in November 1953. NY 9L () is a loop off of US 9 between Glens